GRE Word List
JUXTAPOSE
to place (different things) side by side (as to compare them or contrast them or to create an interesting effect)
The meaning of the word juxtapose is to place (different things) side by side (as to compare them or contrast them or to create an interesting effect).
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| hoodwink | to deceive by false appearance : dupe |
| obviate | to anticipate and prevent (something, such as a situation) or make (an action) unnecessary |
| vivisection | the cutting of or operation on a living animal usually for physiological or pathological investigation |
| frond | a large leaf (especially of a palm or fern) usually with many divisions |
| vegetate | to lead a passive existence without exertion of body or mind |
| prefigure | to show, suggest, or announce by an antecedent type, image, or likeness |
| engage | to offer (something, such as one's life or word) as backing to a cause or aim : to expose to risk for the attainment or support of some end |
| riddle | a mystifying, misleading, or puzzling question posed as a problem to be solved or guessed : conundrum |
| demerit | offense |
| defection | conscious abandonment of allegiance or duty (as to a person, cause, or doctrine) : desertion |